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Date:         Sun, 16 Jan 2000 01:07:51 +1300
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Welcome Alexander M. Cheryomukhin

Thanks for joining Psyber-L.

It has taken me a few days to get to add you as I have been away!

Great to have you along, and to have someone from your part of
the world.  You do sound full of energy and that is marvelous.

I hope you get a chance to look at the archives of the list.  It
has an excellent search facility, and you will find stuff there
on all sorts of topics, going back a few years.

Its been a bit quiet here but i hope people give you a warm
welcome.


All for now,


Walter


~~~ Your personal intro follows:  ~~~~



Hello

I would like to join you and as I understood I can introduce
myself here by posting some personal information describing my
interests and expectations.

My name is Alexander M. Cheryomukhin. I am 23 years old. I am MS
student. I study clinical psychology at the Baku State
University. I live in Azerbaijan. For those who do not know -
it's ex - Soviet Republic, situated in Caucasus. You can see some
views of Baku - the capital of our state in "The world is not
enough" - last James Bond's movie (bad example, but at least it's
something...)

Psychology is very new area for our country. Couple years ago we
decided to establish NGO of young professionals and students to
work together in order to develop different activities and
psychological streams in the country. We have several projects
successfully conducted by our members.

I am interested in internet addiction and group therapy. I would
be happy to get new information and references about this topics
as well as meet new coleagues. Maybe some people would like to
conduct workshop or other project to be run in Azerbaijan or will
inform me about conferences, seminars, summer schools, joint
research projects, etc.

I am full of ideas and energy. (I hope so)
Well, I think that's enough for the first time. Any questions,
comments or suggestions are welcome.
Thank you for attention and see (read) you soon.

Alexander M. Cheryomukhin
Resource Center Coordinator
Vice president of Azebaijan Psychologists Association
#15, Tagiyev St. 10, 370005 Baku, Azerbaijan Republic
Fax: (994 12) 938528




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Welcome Alexander M. Cheryomukhin

As Walter expressed, it's quiet here these days including me...yet I wanted
to say welcome to you...

Blessings,
Judith

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All in Psyber-L

I know it is only advertising, but thought I'd pop this in the
list... this very occasional email is worth subbing to i find,
and it is usually on topic for the Psyber-L list.  Cyberculture
is the context for Psyberculture... maybe it *is* Psyberculture.

Walter

(disclosure - years ago I set up an Amazon associate scheme - but
I dont maintain the pages, did not even set them up very well...

http://www.psybernet.co.nz/books .

The links in this email do not generate commission for me!  Might
be fun to change all that one day! ... heheh)


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Forwarded from "cyberculture-subscribers"
<walter@psybernet.co.nz>,
a post from <cyberculture-editor@amazon.com>, dated Thu, 13 Jan
2000 13:33:53 -0800 (PST),
with the subject "Amazon.com Delivers Cyberculture":

~~~


Greetings from Amazon.com Delivers Cyberculture

Editor, Julian Dibbell

FEATURED IN THIS E-MAIL:
* Just off the Presses: Cyberspaced code, predicting with
  chaos, high-tech in the classroom
* What's Hot? Cyberculture bestsellers at press time:
  "Faster," "The Inmates Are Running the Asylum," "When
  Things Start to Think"
* Recommended Reading: "E-Topia: Urban Life, Jim--But Not
  as We Know It"
* Almost Published: Books that are selling before they've
  even been printed
* Featured Reviews: "The Soul of a New Machine"


JUST OFF THE PRESSES
********************
"Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace"
by Lawrence Lessig
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/046503912X/ref=ad_b_cy_2
When the judge presiding in the Microsoft antitrust case
needed someone to explain the profound and subtle legal
implications of online technology, he turned to Lawrence
Lessig. Now you can too, and you owe it to yourself to do
so. A razor-sharp young Harvard constitutional scholar,
Lessig has built his career on the insight that in a world
suffused with computers, computer code can regulate human
behavior as much as legal codes do. In "Code," he explains
what this means for the future of free speech, privacy,
intellectual property, and civil society in general, and his
explanations are frequently surprising and richly
illuminating. Not just a book about computers and the law,
"Code" decrypts the Constitution and puts its deepest
meanings out in plain sight.

"The Predictors: How a Band of Maverick Physicists Used
Chaos Theory to Trade Their Way to a Fortune on Wall Street"
by Thomas A. Bass
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805057560/ref=ad_b_cy_2
In the late 70s, armed only with their professional grasp of
Newtonian mechanics and some small home-made computers
hidden in the toes of their shoes, chaos physicists Doyne
Farmer and Norman Packard set out to beat the Las Vegas
roulette tables. Two decades later, they resolved to apply
much bigger computers and more sophisticated physics toward
the goal of beating a game with much higher stakes: the
global finance markets. "The Predictors" is the story of
that attempt, told by the man who chronicled the roulette
scheme in 1985's "The Eudaemonic Pie." There's not a whole
lot of story here--the heroes' financial rocket science
neither succeeds nor fails dramatically. But the details are
fascinating, and the quick, clear lessons in high postmodern
finance are a handsome payout.

"High Tech Heretic"
by Clifford Stoll
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385489757/ref=ad_b_cy_2
The computer-literate, hype-intolerant author of "Silicon
Snake Oil" is back and more dyspeptic than ever. This time
he focuses his spirited skepticism on the overblown claims
made for the role of computers in the classroom, also
throwing in some healthy whacks at other digital sacred cows
(virtual community, the power of information) for extra
measure. His plain-talking, folksy style may work your
nerves after a while, and his arguments are sometimes more
impassioned than convincing. But on the whole this is a
thoughtful, blessedly accessible piece of social criticism,
and well-timed too.  Never have educators been more
recklessly infatuated with technology as they are right now;
with any luck, "High Tech Heretic" will hit them like a cold
shower.


WHAT'S HOT?
***********
At the top of this month's Cyberculture bestseller list are
a study of fast-paced life, an exploration of high-tech
gizmos, and an examination of thinking things.

"Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything"
by James Gleick
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679408371/ref=ad_b_cy_2
Never in the history of the human race have so many had so
much to do in so little time. That, anyway, is the
impression most of us have of civilized life at the end of
the millennium, and "Faster" only sharpens it. Elegantly
composed and insightfully researched, Faster delivers a
brisk volley of observations on how microchips, media, and
economics, among other things, have accelerated the pace of
everyday experience over the course of the manic 20th
century.

"The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products
Drive Us Crazy and How To Restore the Sanity"
by Alan Cooper
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672316498/ref=ad_b_cy_2
In this book about the darker side of technology's impact on
our lives, "The Inmates Are Running the Asylum," Alan Cooper
begins by explaining that unlike other devices throughout
history, computers have a "meta function": an unwanted,
unforeseen option that users may accidentally invoke with
what they thought was a normal keystroke. Cooper details
many of these meta functions to explain his central thesis:
programmers need to seriously reevaluate the many
user-hostile concepts deeply embedded within the software
development process.

"When Things Start to Think"
by Neil A. Gershenfeld
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805058745/ref=ad_b_cy_2
A computer in your shoe? Maybe so. Neil Gershenfeld,
director of MIT's Media Lab, joins the ranks of
techno-prognosticators with "When Things Start to Think,"
and his focus is on how the future of computing will fit
into our physical realities. This sensorial focus allows
Gershenfeld to explore such science-fictional ideas as
wearable computers and nanotech circuitry implants, along
with such concerns as emotions, money, and civil rights in
the new age of artificial intelligence.

Explore our top 50 computer titles, updated weekly:
http://www.amazon.com/computer50


RECOMMENDED READING
*******************
"E-Topia: Urban Life, Jim--But Not as We Know It"
by William J. Mitchell
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262133555/ref=ad_b_cy_2
"E-Topia" is a little book that begins with a big claim: the
city is dead, and cyberspace killed it. But Mitchell, it
turns out, is too intelligent an observer to really mean
anything quite so drastic. Despite his weakness for bold,
catchy statements (and it is a weakness), this MIT
architecture professor has both feet planted in the long and
much-studied history of urban spaces, and he draws from it a
pragmatic optimism that keeps his argument both hopeful and
nuanced.


ALMOST PUBLISHED
****************
Cyberculture guides that have garnered the most pre-orders
from Amazon.com customers--before they've even been
published.

"The Emerging Cyberculture: Literacy, Paradigm & Paradox"
edited by Stephanie Gibson and Ollie O. Oriedo
Publication Date: January 2000
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572731966/ref=ad_b_cy_2
"The Emerging Cyberculture" is a collection of essays from
innovative thinkers in the field of hypertext and
cyberspace. This book offers excellent forays into the
interaction between the emerging communication technologies
and American culture. "The Emerging Cyberculture" explores
what occurs when a dominant communications shift takes
place--these shifts alter how we manage information,
challenge previously unquestioned assumptions, and change
how the self is viewed.

"Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century"
by Simson Garfinkel
Publication Date: January 2000
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565926536/ref=ad_b_cy_2
Simson Garfinkel has this to say about the loss of our
privacy: "The future we're rushing towards isn't one where
our every move is watched and recorded by some all-knowing
'Big Brother.' It is instead a future of a hundred kid
brothers that constantly watch and interrupt our daily
lives." In "Database Nation," Garfinkel explores the
consequences that advanced technology has created and will
create for individual liberty.


FEATURED REVIEWS
****************
"The Soul of a New Machine"
by Tracy Kidder
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/038071115X/ref=ad_b_cy_2
The computer revolution brought with it new methods of
getting work done--just look at today's news for reports of
hard-driven, highly-motivated young software and online
commerce developers who sacrifice evenings and weekends to
meet impossible deadlines. Tracy Kidder got a preview of
this world in the late 1970s when he observed the engineers
of Data General design build a new 32-bit minicomputer in
just one year.

His thoughtful, prescient book, "The Soul of a New Machine,"
tells stories of 35-year-old "veteran" engineers hiring
recent college graduates and encouraging them to work harder
and faster on complex and difficult projects, exploiting the
youngsters' ignorance of normal scheduling processes while
engendering a new kind of work ethic. These days, we are
used to the "total commitment" philosophy of managing
technical creation, but Kidder was surprised and even a
little alarmed at the obsessions and compulsions he found.

                         ******

You'll find more great books, articles, excerpts, and
interviews in Amazon.com's Computers & Internet section at
http://www.amazon.com/computers

                         ******

To become a new Amazon.com Delivers subscriber, or to sign
up for additional categories, visit
http://www.amazon.com/delivers

                         ******

To unsubscribe from Amazon.com Delivers Cyberculture, please
visit your Amazon.com Subscriptions page.
http://www.amazon.com/subscriptions


Copyright 2000 Amazon.com, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Walter Logeman
Psychotherapist
Harley Chambers
PO Box 13 543
Christchurch NZ
Phone: (643) 377 1206
Fax: (643) 377 1207
walter@psybernet.co.nz

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